Flushing-tank for closets.



3. FiiRsT & G. BANK6.

FLUSHING TANK FOR GLOSETS APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent Application tiled in? 11', 1911. Serial No. 626,606.

'13 all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that we, SAnoon Finis-r and Griincr BAnKo', subjects of the Km% of Hungary, and residents of the city of ew York, in the county of New York and State of'New York, have invented certa n new and useful Im rovements in Flushing-Tankstor Closets, I which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to improvements in flushing tanks -for closets.

Devices of this character comprise usually a water tank rovided with an inlet and an outlet, the out et being controlled b a hand operated valve, while't-he inlet isa apted to be opened or closed by a mechanism which 1s actuated by a float. These tanks are normallyfilled with water, which is discharged therefrom when. the outlet valve is opened, while the water. is admitted to the tank through a pipe, controlled by a valve which is opened automatically as soon as the level of water descends therein below the normal, and closed when the tank isfilled up to the normal level One of the serious defects of these tanks consists in the fact that the water.

is liable to freeze therein in winter time, so that the tank is unable to fulfil its )urpose.

It is now one of the objects 0 the present invention to obviate this defectby pro viding a tank which is normally empty,-and the inlet valve-of which is opened by hand and closed, automatically by afloat, or-other similar ,device.

With these and other objects in view, which will. appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts; hereinafter fully described, pointedout in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it bein understood that many changes may be mae in the size and proportion of the several parts and minor details of (1on st-ruetion withoutode arting from the s irit or sacrificing any 0 the advantages 0 the invention. r

One of the many possible embodiments of the inventior is illustrated in the accomf panying dra ing's, in which Fi re 1 is a vertical section through a flushing tank constructed in accordance with the present invention, its parts being in their normal operative positions; Fig. 2

.is a similar section showing the .parts in other positions; Fig. 3"is a plan view of brackets 6, G, or otherwise.

positionshown in of the water pipe will be closed, while the Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

some of the-parts in thepositions shown in Fig. 1; and Fig.4 is a plan View of the inlet valve.

In the drawings, the numeral 4 indicates atank, which may be made of any suitable material, and be of any suitable shape. This tank is attached to the wall 5 by incans of The water pipe lead'ng to the tank is de noted by the numeral 7, and is provided with an inclined enlarged tubular extension 8. A valve stem is reciprocatably arranged in the extension 8 and carries upon its upper end a valve 11. adapted to close the inletl! of the water pi e 7.

- The outlet o the tank whichis, preferably. arranged in the bottom portion. is dc- 'noted by the numeral '13, and is preferably conical From this outlet loads a flushing pipe 13. This out-let serves as a seat for the closing valve 1 1, which is loosely attached to a bellcrank 15, fulcrumed at. 16 to a bracket 17, which latter is attached in any suitable manner to the tank. The upwardly extending arm- 18 of the bcllcrank lever carries a weight'lt), to which is attached a flexible connection 20; running over a pulley 21 downward within the reach of the person intending to operate the tank. The valve stem 10 is pivotally secured at 22 to a substantially horizontal bar .24, which, in turn, is'rigidly secured to the arm 25 of the bellcran'k lever .5. To this arm is also secured by means of a. flexible connection,

such as a. chain 26, a float 27 of any suitable construction and shape.

The operation of the device is as follows:

Normally the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which case the tank is cnn'ity, its outlet 13 being open, while the inlet of the water pipe 7 is closed by the valve 11. To flush the closet, the person pulls tholnmdic of the flexible connection downward, whereby the parts are brought "into the positions shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, that-is to the lever 15 is swung toward the wall .5 so that 'thestcm 10. of the inlet valve ll is drawn downward, admitting thus water from the pipe-,7, while 'the' valve 14- closes the outlet 13 ofthe tank. As now thc tanlt is being filled with water, the float 1-7 will rise, and

assoon as the chain 26 drawn taut. the 110' lever 15 will be tilted substantially into the ig." 1, whereby the inlet outlet of the tank will he opened so that the water will be discharged therefrom. Obviously the dimensions of the float 27 i should be such that the resultant upward i an outlet, of a water pipe communicating pressure of the fluid upon the same, when in its uppermost position, should be great; enough to swing the lever 15 against the I action of the weight 19 into the position shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

It will be observed that since the water pipe is arranged within the body of the wall, and the tank is normally empty, there lSfllO possible chance of the freezing oi the water, and consequently the tank will fulfil its purpose always irrespective of the weather conditions.

hat we claim is:

1. In a flushing tank having an inlet and an outlet, of a water pipe connnunicating with said inlet, a flushing pipe leadlng from said outlet, a bellcrank lever pivoted to said tank, a weight attached to the upwardly extending arm of said lever, a valve fastened to the other arm of said lever and adapted to control said out-let, a valve controlling said inlet connected with the second nicntioned arm of said lover, a float, and a flexible connection between said float and said second mentioned arm of said lever.

2. In a flushing tank having an inlet and with said inlet, a flushing pipe leading from said outlet, a bcllcrank lever pivoted to said tank, a Weight attached to the upwardly extending arm of said lever, a valve fas tened to the other arm of said lever and adapted to control said outlet, a valve con trolling said inlet connected with the second mentioned arm of sald lover, a float, a lien ble connection between said float and said second mentioned arm of said lever, andmeans for tilting said lever, substantially as 1 specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 6th day of May A. D. 1911.

sANDoR FURST.

GYORGY BANKO. Witnesses:

SIGMUND IIERZOGa S. BIRNBAUM. 

